Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82ff2982ebad1f82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 20:10:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4f3afdd11e4b50067a03c76314ef4a1c SHA-1: 9d9fa7aea0d14244ef01e0ed59da6dd56d61f439 SHA-256: 82ff2982ebad1f82c70b7fd960eb07e72f564719f2c7aa503725477a535d2d9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be junk data, providing no direct user-facing content but reinforcing the malicious nature of the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e87caa2e6---jobowenix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/nuvulejajapugazegot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/wezokanuzebebumikuradut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb9a002e1e21557f0b9714d66f40c41/67461275646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/gupakiwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/55165444664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54706c1f3eec6fc21a6f5295cd2966b1/26220489872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/vaxolaxivexino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0602357c0---815981465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/37452997623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/nifutibufebasinupoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abworder.com/uploads/files/95610999712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orldoc.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f703k0epc9v5kmuscs8s16iii3/namerum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity68.com/clients/e/ea/ea220da86df44fb0ae3b7c8e8295ccc1/File/midizobuzadetalivebuvudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f5399902df3706d828a7d178c39b2b/pukova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607463060db52---5834648529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7tofq81eblpgmkel7o5mg9esp/64404610102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076833feaf87---muxogikuvumomuradijafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/samumikotuvufuzukivuxelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/61490846038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9a5c43bb9c62a7fb84d73715410268b/16945839642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944ea5c16db---9693073391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnhs9qt5kk18gc3s2dutn5emlr/18122673337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/4474644682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/54728472361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=good+vocab+words+for+8th+gradersPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/97365239500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011a6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6A 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 2cc0828ee0108df0bd18279d4c3c43bbfd0a3e144ffd7a5dc375dac23c91a8cc
font_01_sfnt_off00014b94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B94 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 7ce788d4bbfac1217153a567615b9774bd4a5d2f61939ecf910fc938f31f4235
font_02_sfnt_off0001655e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1655E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1